Health Promotion Midterm

creating the conditions necessary for health at individual, structural, social, and environmental levels through an understanding of the determinants of health: peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social injustice, and equity

promoting a healthy lifestyle at the individual, group, organizational, community, governmental/policy level

health promotion efforts designed to prevent the onset and reduce the incidence of unhealthy conditions, diseases, or injuries. attempts to identify, reduce or eliminate risk factors for disease and injury

includes screening, early detection and intervention after disease has occurred and designed to prevent or disrupt the disabling process

services designed to prevent the progression of a condition

-promote healthy lifestyles
-to emphasize occupation as an essential element of health promotion strategies
-to provide interventions, not only the individuals but also with populations

-health issues that transcend national boundaries and governments and call for actions on the global forces that determine the health of people
-scope of the problems not their location
-address underlying conditions that affect health, including social, economic and environmental factors

study of distribution and determinants of health-related states among specified populations and application of that study to the control of health problems
-science of what we are exposed to or what we do affects the overall health of society

-discover the agent, host and environmental factors that affect health
-determine the relative importance of causes of illness, disability, and death
-identify those segments of population that have the greatest risk from specific causes of ill health
-evaluate the effectiveness of health programs and services in improving population health

refers to the number existing cases at any one time

restricted to the number of cases occurring over a defined period of time

disease occurrence among a population that is in excess of what is expected in a given time and place; sudden increase in frequency of infection in a particular population or region

disease or condition that spreads across regions; an epidemic that affects populations in large regions, continents or the entire globe

disease or condition present among a population at all times; an infection that occurs at a stable, elevated rate in a particular population or region

increasing interconnectedness of countries and the openness of borders to ideas, people, commerce, and financial capital
-refers to every aspect of life; cultural, social, psychological, and political
-creates both positive and negative impacts on society and health

-high mortality due to infectious diseases, malnutrition, pregnancy and birth complications
- average life of expectancy ranges between 20-40 years
-collapsed countries such as sierra leone, somalia, afganistan

-mortality declines but fertility remains high leading to population growth
-average life expectancy increases to 30 -50 years
-many low and middle income countries entered this stage in 1940s
-some low income countries especially those in sub-saharan africa remain in this stage

-most middle income countries are in this stage
-due to socioeconomic development and improved living conditions
-increase in chronic diseases, heart, lung, metabolic
-life expectancy 70+ years

-many high income countries
-mortality from heart disease and cancer decreasing
-allergy, dementia, eating disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, mental health disorders increasing
-low fertility rates, increase in older adult population
-life expectancy 80+ years

state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity